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WCS America - Pigbaby Flies the Royal Road - Page 2

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Random_0
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1163 Posts
July 07 2014 16:02 GMT
#21
For GSL, WCS Europe, and WCS America, we had a clean Protoss sweep.

Classic took out soO.
Stardust took out San.
And Pigbaby took out Bomber.

Has any race ever held each of the "Major" titles before?
DomeGetta
Profile Joined February 2012
480 Posts
July 07 2014 16:10 GMT
#22
On July 08 2014 01:02 Random_0 wrote:
For GSL, WCS Europe, and WCS America, we had a clean Protoss sweep.

Classic took out soO.
Stardust took out San.
And Pigbaby took out Bomber.

Has any race ever held each of the "Major" titles before?



That's actually 5/6 this year so far lol with 1 Zerg - Hyun/Pigbaby, MC/Stardust, Zest/Classic.
asongdotnet
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States1060 Posts
July 07 2014 16:15 GMT
#23
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/461286-wcs-na-season-2-final-thoughts-pics

Pictures updated through to the semi finals. Congrats Pigbaby!
Scoobers
Profile Joined May 2013
48 Posts
July 07 2014 16:19 GMT
#24
On July 08 2014 00:20 sdnnvs wrote:
Yes, protoss players are the best. The balance is perfect in my opinion. Bomber played very good, but, no scout.

I wonder if you would say the same about Terran if they won 3 out of 3 regions of WCS season?

Who am I kidding, we all know what the reason would be.
Hadi2289
Profile Joined December 2013
Germany27 Posts
July 07 2014 16:23 GMT
#25
On July 08 2014 01:00 Random_0 wrote:
To my viewing, QXC did a phenomental job casting WCS America. He provided several moments of real insight that made me sit up and take pause.

I hope we get to hear more of him in the booth.


If I'd be the president of the USA i would sign that everyday.

QXC for sc2 president!
ClairvoyanceSC2
Profile Joined February 2012
United States758 Posts
July 07 2014 16:25 GMT
#26
idk where I said it BUT I KNOW IT SAID IT SOMEWHERE.

I hyped up bbyong, pigbaby and dayshi as top 3 underdogs a few months back (or even a year)

LETS GO DAYSHI PLS FULFILL THIS

anyways congrats to pigbaby ! well deserved
Destructicon
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
4713 Posts
July 07 2014 16:26 GMT
#27
On July 08 2014 00:47 DeadByDawn wrote:
Exciting finals but to be honest I was disappointed that Bomber did not win - a Terran win is desperately needed as this year has already gone down as the equivalent (or worse) of the Winfester/GGLord period at the end of WoL and the GomTvT days of yore.

I hope Pigbaby gets a team, he is very entertaining. It takes b@lls to build carriers in a finals!


Look on the bright side, the more toss dominate the more likely it is that they will get a long, hard look throw their way.

Not sure what to think now. I was rooting for Bomber and was tempted to stay up and see the awesome games, but I think I'd have been heartbroken and angry at the end, so maybe its better I didn't
Heart vs Bomber was however quite fantastic.
WriterNever give up, never surrender! https://www.youtube.com/user/DestructiconSC
Varroth
Profile Joined April 2014
Sweden471 Posts
July 07 2014 16:28 GMT
#28
On July 08 2014 00:04 Cricketer12 wrote:
maybe im QQing, and not to offend Pigbaby, but im surprised people see Pigbaby win WCS AM and instead of asking who is pigbaby, bomber totally should have won, they love him, but when sOs won blizzcon people were bitching like no tmrw cause they thought HE was an unknown, very hypocritical if you ask me


Soo...You mean the player that should win is the one thats most known and not the better player...?
Top10 favorite players: 1. Jaedong 2. Naniwa 3. Maru 4. ThorZaIN 5. Taeja 6. HerO 7. MC 8. Hyun 9. Soulkey 10. herO
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
July 07 2014 16:31 GMT
#29
These Kespa players are so good. The games were fun and it was nice to watch pigbaby never lose his cool.
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Chromanin
Profile Joined April 2012
United States11 Posts
July 07 2014 16:36 GMT
#30
Evolve into Boar!
It's always better to light a candle, than to curse the darkness
Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-07 16:49:19
July 07 2014 16:41 GMT
#31
Pigbaby so gosu. Wish Bomber would have pulled it out but it was a close and exciting series. Congrats to the Pig!

Oh and oink oink motherfuckers
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Batisterio-PiB
Profile Joined August 2007
Brazil219 Posts
July 07 2014 16:46 GMT
#32
Warp prism cannon could have shot the rax in that spot? I wonder...
Pyloss
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1515 Posts
July 07 2014 16:47 GMT
#33
Amazing finals! I like both Bomber and Pigbaby, so I#m happy that both made it that far.
<3 sOs, Parting, Mana, Honor, TaKe, Mcanning<3
stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
July 07 2014 16:49 GMT
#34
On July 08 2014 00:57 Cricketer12 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 00:31 Nezgar wrote:
On July 08 2014 00:04 Cricketer12 wrote:
maybe im QQing, and not to offend Pigbaby, but im surprised people see Pigbaby win WCS AM and instead of asking who is pigbaby, bomber totally should have won, they love him, but when sOs won blizzcon people were bitching like no tmrw cause they thought HE was an unknown, very hypocritical if you ask me


sOs was playing on the largest stage against the greatest fan-favorite ever, Jaedong... That usually gets people biased fairly quickly
People had a couple weeks to see the story of Pigbaby develop over the course of WCS AM whereas sOs took the WCS Global Championship within a weekend with most of his games played on the backstage. Only people who knew sOs from watching Proleague would've recognized the seemingly unfamiliar face when he stepped onto the mainstage in the semifinals.

Aside from that those were some great games by Pigbaby. I was kinda worried that he was relying on such an all-in heavy style during the finals but good to see that he pulled through in the end.
Kudos to Bomber for that series on Frost, I was laughing so hard when he asked whether Pigbaby had 400 minerals for another nexus...

sOs had been playing in the GSL all year including a ro4 finish and a season 1 finals 2nd place performance
Pigbaby has been wayy more inconspicous
also sOs only played half of his games backstage


No one at blizzcon saw the backstage games.
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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
July 07 2014 16:51 GMT
#35
I think one of the more interesting parts about that final was the build pigbaby used against taeja every game was no where to be seen this set
Xinzoe
Profile Joined January 2014
Korea (South)2373 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-07 16:58:09
July 07 2014 16:53 GMT
#36
On July 08 2014 01:51 chipmonklord17 wrote:
I think one of the more interesting parts about that final was the build pigbaby used against taeja every game was no where to be seen this set


Kespa players are known for practicing certain builds against specific players. Thats why proleague players come up with a new build/style almost every week. The mass observer strategy is to deny Taeja's early aggression, especially 15 gas widow mine drops that he often uses. I think he did marine WM drops in Dreamhack in almost every TvP. Against bomber who is a passive player that rarely scouts, it makes sense to do a different build everygame.
DeadByDawn
Profile Joined October 2012
United Kingdom476 Posts
July 07 2014 17:06 GMT
#37
On July 08 2014 01:26 Destructicon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 00:47 DeadByDawn wrote:
Exciting finals but to be honest I was disappointed that Bomber did not win - a Terran win is desperately needed as this year has already gone down as the equivalent (or worse) of the Winfester/GGLord period at the end of WoL and the GomTvT days of yore.

I hope Pigbaby gets a team, he is very entertaining. It takes b@lls to build carriers in a finals!


Look on the bright side, the more toss dominate the more likely it is that they will get a long, hard look throw their way.

Not sure what to think now. I was rooting for Bomber and was tempted to stay up and see the awesome games, but I think I'd have been heartbroken and angry at the end, so maybe its better I didn't
Heart vs Bomber was however quite fantastic.

True, but I hope that David Kim takes note of this finals. It was exciting to watch because of the viable number of Protoss openings used by Pigbaby. So .... give Terran some extra openings and mid-game options to put some variety into the match up from the other side as well. Maybe we will get some more exciting finals like this one.
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States880 Posts
July 07 2014 17:11 GMT
#38
On July 03 2014 13:51 The_Templar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 03 2014 13:50 Kitai wrote:
The bottom half of that bracket is sick. Polt, Hyun, and TaeJa were the three tournament favorites to win it all imo, and now only one of them can make it to the grand final. And no, I am not giving Pigbaby a chance. At all.

Confirmed, Pigbaby to win it all


Well, that ended poorly.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
Cheeseling
Profile Joined March 2012
Ukraine132 Posts
July 07 2014 17:16 GMT
#39
Congrats to the Pigbaby i hope he will break the general trend and we will hear of him again.
+ Show Spoiler +
At first all this toss imba bandwagon was fun... But now i'm a bit scared O_O I realized that they might turn SC2 in to some stupid RNG directed by the Michael Bay with a lot of piw-piw and no substance just for sake of casual market
Jazzman88
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada2228 Posts
July 07 2014 17:17 GMT
#40
On July 08 2014 02:06 DeadByDawn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2014 01:26 Destructicon wrote:
On July 08 2014 00:47 DeadByDawn wrote:
Exciting finals but to be honest I was disappointed that Bomber did not win - a Terran win is desperately needed as this year has already gone down as the equivalent (or worse) of the Winfester/GGLord period at the end of WoL and the GomTvT days of yore.

I hope Pigbaby gets a team, he is very entertaining. It takes b@lls to build carriers in a finals!


Look on the bright side, the more toss dominate the more likely it is that they will get a long, hard look throw their way.

Not sure what to think now. I was rooting for Bomber and was tempted to stay up and see the awesome games, but I think I'd have been heartbroken and angry at the end, so maybe its better I didn't
Heart vs Bomber was however quite fantastic.

True, but I hope that David Kim takes note of this finals. It was exciting to watch because of the viable number of Protoss openings used by Pigbaby. So .... give Terran some extra openings and mid-game options to put some variety into the match up from the other side as well. Maybe we will get some more exciting finals like this one.


Or, alternatively, literally any transition to lategame play (read: something that doesn't use 75% bio units with no mech/sky support) that doesn't rely on the Protoss fucking up in order to accomplish it safely.
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